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In the heart of Denver, Colorado lies one of the few snowboard factories in the United States.  With a location on Colorado Blvd, it’s easy to pass by the brick building that houses Never Summer Snowboards but under closer glance, you’ll notice the never summer stickers in the parking lot and on the building.   [...]

It’s about to be traveling time for Shayboarder.com. I’ll be traveling around Colorado for the next four days between Steamboat, Denver and Summit County to get some riding time in and participate in fun stories for the blog. Then on Monday I’ll be flying out to Vancouver, BC to head up to Whistler for a [...]

A creation of Kale Stephens and Chris Brown that began at grandma’s sewing machine has grown into much more. Airhole Ninja masks were created to protect your face from the cold and let you breathe without making the bandanas wet. At SIA this year I was able to try them on for the first time [...]

Pretty soon I’ll be pulling out my passport to make my way to Whistler for the Telus Festival and Grenade Games coming up next week! Here’s a look at who else will be in town and competing! Grenade Games 5 Lineup announced! THE BEST IN THE WORLD ARE CONFIRMED FOR WHISTLER’S MONSTER SNOWBOARD EVENT! Whistler, [...]

As the 2008-2009 season winds down, I like to look back at the demo year to see what boards & bindings stood out from the pack. This isn’t meant to be a board test, because I don’t have the ability to ride every board out there so it becomes a list of products requested by [...]

Location: Breckenridge, Colorado Snow Conditions: Bluebird skies with hardpacked groomers. Setup: I rode the Monument 777 with Rome Shifts and my Rome Vamps size 8. First Impression: A board to ride everywhere on the mountain Size: 153cm Weight: light Flex: It was a good medium flex, not a soft buttery board but not a stiff [...]

For the shredders in Washington state, the Summit at Snoqualmie, Nitro Snowboards and Snowboy Productions bring you the return of Kinko de Mayo on Saturday May 2nd! Come celebrate the end of another amazing NW winter with a full shred day of kinked rails, piñatas and a rainbow taco box at Summit West Base Area. [...]

The season ended at Steamboat today with closing day for mountain operations.  With over 400 inches this year was a good year, plenty of powder days to make me happy and a fun winter in the boat.   Steamboat 4/12/09 from Shayboarder on Vimeo. 5 inches fell on upper mountain in the last 24 hours, [...]

Location: Steamboat, Colorado Snow Conditions: Variety of snow conditions, some powder to hardpacked groomers to slushy snow. Setup: I rode the Capita Saturnia with Union Forces and my Rome Vamps size 8. First Impression: A women’s park board you can take out of the park. Size: 152cm Weight: light Flex: The saturnia had a stiffer [...]

Closing weekend here in Steamboat Springs, Colorado which means finishing up snowboarding and getting ready to start traveling to other snow locations soon.   Unfortunately for Steamboat, it’s been a mix of conditions on the mountain.  From snow to rain to sun…the conditions are changing quickly depending which side of the mountain you are on. [...]